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I wanted to make some upgrades in the house, and one of the upgrades included buying a new thermostat for the house.

My wife and I still had one of the old thermostats that had no options.

We had the ability to adjust the temperature up and down and we could turn the furnace and the air conditioner on and off. We didn’t even have a digital display on the thermostat. When we adjusted the temperature, we never really knew how hot or cold it was going to be. When we remodeled the master bedroom, we put new flooring in the hallway and painted the walls. At that time, I thought I would go ahead and replace the thermostat as well. The old box looked dirty and dingy next to the brand new flooring and fresh paint. My wife and I went to the hardware store together to find a new thermostat. The salesperson tried to sell us a wireless system with a smart application that hooks up to your phone, but I knew we didn’t need any of those options. I honestly didn’t think my wife and I would even be able to figure out how to use the machine. We settled on an inexpensive thermostat with a digital display that is large enough for both of us to read. The thermostat doesn’t connect to the wireless internet and it doesn’t have any programmable options, but it still looks great in the house and is a huge upgrade for the two of us. I think the machine will last twenty years.

 

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When I was a teenager, my friends and I went on a wilderness adventure.

We had two guides for our group of six teenagers.

The guides were experienced outdoorsmen that excelled in rock climbing and worked as local river guides. Our nature adventure started at a state park where we had tents, sleeping bags, and a forest fire each night. Halfway through our two week trip, we went deep into the forest for a 5-mile hike. The adventure guides left my friends and I alone in the dark and then completely disappeared. It started to rain and it was getting colder and colder. My friends and I had to find shelter quickly. We found a place in the woods where there were several large rocks and we used some sticks to cover the top of the rocks. We still had rain coming through the roof, but most of the space was dry. We tried to make a fire, because it was cold and we needed Heat. There were a couple of dry sticks in the corner of the area by the rocks. We made a fire after several attempts. The fire provided much-needed heat for several hours. None of us slept on that night, and we were ready to find our way out of the woods the next morning. We were shivering, wet, and cold, but we weren’t going to spend another night out there in the woods without heat or shelter. When we finally found our way to the river, the guides were packing up kayaks and canoes. They were waiting for us to emerge from the woods like proud scouts, but we were really angry.

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When customers make an appointment to have repairs completed on their AC, we tell everyone there is a minimum $99 service charge for each call.

If we send a technician out to the address, we charge a minimum of $99.

There is no fee for the call if the customer uses our company to complete the repair. The average AC repair is around $200. Last week I went to a house where the customer needed a brand new toggle switch for the AC. This specific switch was still under warranty. Unfortunately, the labor was not covered. I only charged that woman one hour of labor costs which was equal to the $99 fee. In total, the price for the bill was $160. It was a reasonable amount of money for an AC repair. A customer was irate when she found out that the bill was more than $99. She claimed the person on the phone told her that the repair would cost that amount. I tried to explain to the woman that was our minimum service charge, but she was angry and confused. I called the office and spoke to the manager about the repair bill. He told me to charge the woman $99 and we decided to take a loss on the sale. I don’t know if the woman was crazy or cheap, but she got away with a $60 savings because she acted like a fool. I didn’t want my boss to cut the bill in half, but he told me that good customer service means taking a loss every once in a while.

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My wife and I thought it would be wonderful to build a brand new house of our own.

Neither one of us anticipated all of the choices we would need to make.

Some of the choices were easy. We knew that we wanted wood floors and tile in the kitchen. We wanted a fireplace in the living room. We had options for the master bedroom and bathroom that included the addition of radiant heated flooring. Radiant heated flooring sounded like a fun and novel way to heat the space, but I thought it was a lot of money and unnecessary. My wife wanted the heated flooring and she made several cases to have the work completed. Since I was on the fence and didn’t have a real opinion either way, I let my wife make that decision. She thought about it for exactly two minutes and then gave me her decision. Of course, she chose to have the radiant heated flooring installed. A few weeks ago, we had our first night of temperatures that were below freezing. We had the opportunity to use the radiant heater flooring for the first time. Wow, it is absolutely amazing. I can’t believe how warm the bedroom is compared to the rest of the house. Even with a bedroom door open, it still feels much warmer inside of our bedroom and bathroom. If I had known that the radiant heated flooring would work out so nicely, I might have paid the extra $15,000 to have heated flooring installed throughout the entire four bedroom, 3 bathroom, and 3000 square foot home.

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Ben has been my best employee for over a decade.

I’m extremely sad to see the guy retire, but I know that it is time.

He’s been working since he was fifteen years old and the guy clearly deserves a break. Unfortunately for me, he is also the best employee that I have working for the HVAC repair company. Ben handles all of the commercial HVAC repairs on boilers. He’s the only guy I have currently that can handle commercial boiler work. I knew it was going to be difficult to find someone to replace Ben, so I started looking as soon as I found out that he was going to retire. I decided to use a staffing service that specializes in technically skilled laborers. The company has a list of plumbers, electricians, and HVAC technicians that need work. I had a couple of candidates to interview the day after I made the request. One of the people that I interviewed was a woman named Julie. I did not have any female employees before I decided to hire Julie. She stood out among all others that I interviewed. She has a military background and a ton of experience with commercial heating and air conditioning systems, including compact boilers. She was the perfect candidate for the job. She wanted a bit more money than I was willing to pay, but we found a place to meet in the middle after I interviewed her for the job. I know she is going to fit in great on our team. I can’t wait to see what she can do.

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When you live out in the boondocks, you have to get smart about stocking up on essential supplies.

• You can’t afford to forget pressing items at the grocery store if you’re only able to go once a month at best.

The closest stores to our house are over 30 minutes away in either direction, so keeping lists of what I need is tantamount to avoiding shortage problems. You don’t want to run out of things appreciate toilet paper plus cleaning supplies when you need them the most. My only solution to avoid these problems is by creating seriously detailed lists plus charts for all of the items I purchase plus use from nearby stores on a respected basis. That way I think when I’m out of Starbucks Latte or water if I’m just heading to the store for a box of garbage bags or aluminum foil. Aside from being so far away from pressing stores, I’m also severely limited on professional services living in this area. I was certainly sad to learn that there are certainly only more than one plumbing services that will drive this far out to do basic repairs, upgrades, or service. When I went online to look at patron reviews, I was relieved to learn that the closest of the more than one plumbing services near me had appealing reviews going back over 10 years on many review websites. The plumber who arrived for boiling water furnace service plus service was both expertiseable plus friendly. The cost of plumbing service was both tolerable plus affordable. Even though there is a single other plumbing supplier to choose from, I think appreciate I made the right decision.

 

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It turns out a piece of the fan had gotten cabind in the plan plus it wasn’t able to blow cool air as it should.

Last Summer our sibling plus I decided to take a trip to the beach. We left our children with our hubbys plus drove overnight to the beach. When both of us got to our condo, both of us turned on the air conditioner plus went straight to the beach to get some sun. We were so weary from the drive that both of us fell asleep plus ended up getting a lot of sun. When both of us woke up both of us couldn’t suppose of anything other than getting back to the house so both of us could cool off. We stepped inside plus were instantly met with some dire heat, however the air conditioner was on, but it was not laboring. Instead, it was making a grinding sound plus the air coming out of it was almost hot. We called the Condo owner plus they said they would send an Heating plus A/C contractor to toil on the unit. They arrived later that afternoon plus were dripping in sweat themselves by the time they found the problem. It turns out a piece of the fan had gotten cabind in the plan plus it wasn’t able to blow cool air as it should. The Heating plus A/C expert was able to make the repairs on the spot plus even spend a little while with us to make sure it was blowing cool air. We offered him some lemonade plus encouraged him to get cooled off before he left. We could have had a beach trip gone bad but instead, both of us were able to love our time plus eventually go completely cooled off. We still had sunburns but they were more honorablein the cool air.

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I care about homes that have floor to ceiling windows. I suppose it makes a locale look so bright, open and airy! The home looks bigger. I have a wild plan of making our living room windows all floor to ceiling. You would get the full view of the backyard and the pool. I would add a window tint to still keep our privacy. I suppose it would make the home look great. I have talked to a corporation about it and he is game to do the job. The only snag is that our HVAC idea is hooked to that wall. I have a heat pump idea and the outdoor air compressor is where I would like to expand our window. The corporation is very hesitant to touch the heating and cooling system. He doesn’t want to transfer it. He is highly advocating calling a HVAC corporation about it. I did some googling online and I found that a HVAC unit can quite entirely be moved. The price tag is around 1,000 to transfer it. You want to hire a professional since you are dealing with things like electric and plumbing. The HVAC idea can entirely be harmed in transfer, then also, the idea needs to be hooked up again once it is moved. They suggest a skilled professional doing this process. It is straight-forward to not hook up a unit respectfully and have water draining where it shouldn’t. I don’t like to take out so much money to transfer a HVAC unit, although I suppose I have to.

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My spouse and I are doing our best with limited incomes.

The people I was with and I assume bigly lucky that neither of us lost our jobs while in the pandemic, but we’re making a little bit less in an economy that is in full gear with the highest inflation numbers in 40 years. One thing the people I was with and I do once a week is kneel down and look at the sale papers for all of the local grocery stores so the people I was with and I can idea our purchases based on promotions and coupons. This makes a important difference to our lives, giving us a lot more money to stretch each week. Why spend twice as much for the same product by getting all of your purchases in one single store? The people I was with and I will shop at many or 4 at a time and find the locales that have the lowest prices for every single grocery item or piece of food that the people I was with and I need. After doing this so long with our shopping lists, the people I was with and I started applying it to other areas of our lives. I managed to get a lower iphone bill after taking an offer from a rival iphone company who agreed to better daily rates with unlimited data as well. Now that we’re going to need a modern air conditioner soon, we’re saving for a idea with a higher SEER rating but the people I was with and I want to get the best deal at the same time. That means being patient and watching the prices at all of the local HVAC corporations on a week to week basis while our savings account slowly accumulates more money. We’re not going to waste our hard- acquired money on a poorly performing HVAC system.

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